Global Markets Team Lead, People Relations - UK or Ireland in Maidenhead

As the Global Markets Team Lead, you will be a senior subject matter expert in employee relations, responsible for overseeing Biogen's global markets to ensure that PR principles, policies, and processes are executed successfully and aligned with both market-specific labour considerations and Biogen's operational ethos. Your global experience will be pivotal in providing strategic and proactive thought partnership with Legal, HR, and Business leaders across various markets, delivering both a local and global PR impact perspective. In this role, you will serve as a liaison between PR and global market leaders, collaborating actively with PR colleagues to maintain visibility of global actions and market-specific practices. Leveraging your knowledge of labour practices across global markets, you will consult, provide guidance, engage stakeholders, and develop tools to scale PR support and knowledge. Additionally, you will monitor and assess external employee relations trends, utilizing both internal and external data for guidance and proactive mitigation actions.

This role can be based remotely in the UK or Ireland, with occasional travel to the office as required.

• Act as a global subject matter expert on People Relations issues, including policy, procedures, best practices, leaves, disability, performance management, and labour matters.
• Monitor and analyse global and market-specific trends and legal updates to guide leaders on proactive actions.
• Advise and consult on cross-border issues across global markets.
• Provide guidance and coaching to HR Leaders in assigned markets, ensuring capability and best practices in performance management.
• Conduct, lead, or guide complex investigations, ensuring alignment with investigation protocol, processes, and market-specific labour considerations.
• Collaborate with internal and external legal counsel on employment-related matters and documents, serving as a Company representative in assigned markets.
• Establish credibility, maintain relationships, influence, and ensure visibility across relevant stakeholders and the PR team.
• Develop and implement tools and trainings to ensure scalability, proactive risk mitigation, and PR capability internally and with external stakeholders.
• Identify interdependencies and coordinate critical stakeholders to ensure holistic and proactive PR review of actions while maintaining central PR visibility.

You possess an insightful understanding of global labour regulations and bring a wealth of experience in diagnosing complex issues and implementing effective strategies. Your outstanding interpersonal skills enable you to interact diplomatically with employees at all levels, clients, and vendors. You are adept at influencing and guiding executive leaders on sensitive issues while considering diverse viewpoints. Your ability to translate complex risks into clear explanations and actionable items is exceptional, and you communicate effectively in English and at least one other language of the region.

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s degree preferred.
• Extensive, progressive HR experience, including experience of employee relations or HR Partnering in multiple global markets; including experience providing guidance to senior management and investigating and responding to employee issues, global RIF/Re-Orgs and experience with work council consultations and collective bargaining.
• Extensive knowledge of global labour regulations in multiple markets, preferably including U.S. and Europe.
• Experience in independently diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues while recommending strategies to resolve problems.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills for diplomatic interaction with all levels of employees, clients, and vendors.
• Experience in interacting with and influencing executive leaders on complex, confidential, and sensitive issues.
• Experience with cross-cultural team leadership and collaboration.
• Ability to diplomatically influence while considering all viewpoints.
• Ability to translate complex risks and labour considerations into clear explanations and tangible action items.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and at least one other language of the region.

• Proven track record in developing and implementing effective training programs.
• Familiarity with data-driven decision-making processes.
• Bilingual preferred.

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission.

Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.